To mark Black History Month, we’ve put together a list of books and journal articles which provide new and critical insights into the area. Each article has been made Free to Read throughout October.
Music, Sound, and the Moving Image: audiovisual essays as videographic film criticism
The editors of Music, Sound, and the Moving Image are delighted to announce a new initiative: the publication of double-anonymous peer-reviewed audiovisual essays in a free to read and audioview format. We hear from them how this ground-breaking initiative came about, as they also invite contributions in this format for publication in future issues.
Featured in International Development Planning Review 45.3: Co-producing urban transport informality: evidence from owner-operator relations in the motor tricycle taxi industry in a Ghanaian town
The editors of International Development Planning Review (IDPR) have selected the following paper as the Featured Article in IDPR 45.3 and it is available to read Open Access as part of LUP Open Planning: 'Co-producing urban transport informality: evidence from owner-operator relations in the motor tricycle taxi industry in a Ghanaian town', by Millicent Awialie Akaateba, Bernard Afiik Akanpabadai Akanbang, and Ibrahim Yakubu.
Through the Looking Glass: T. S. Eliot and Indian Philosophy
Manju Jain’s “Through the Looking Glass: T. S. Eliot and Indian Philosophy” is the definitive study of Eliot’s contact with Sanskrit and Buddhist texts for our generation. Drawing on the new editions of Eliot’s prose and letters, Jain examines Eliot’s lifelong engagement with and ambivalence towards Indian philosophy, comparing his attitudes to those of his teachers and contemporaries. We are pleased to share that her article is Free to Read throughout the rest of this month to August.
Theory & Struggle: Marx Memorial Library at 90
This year marks 90 years since the foundation of the Marx Memorial Library & Workers’ School (MML). To celebrate, Meirian Jump, Director of the MML, reflects on 90 years devoted to the science of Marxism, the history of Socialism, and the trade union and working-class movements. A selection of articles from the latest issue of the journal will also be available free to read for a month.
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